from functools import partial
RECORD_SIZE = 32
with open('somefile.data', 'rb') as f:
records = iter(partial(f.read, RECORD_SIZE), b'')
for r in records:
...
from functools import partial
RECORD_SIZE = 32
with open('somefile.data', 'rb') as f:
records = iter(partial(f.read, RECORD_SIZE), b'')
for r in records:
...